diff --git a/src/cam/sdl_sink.cpp b/src/cam/sdl_sink.cpp
index 5f2583721419..ee177227dbca 100644
--- a/src/cam/sdl_sink.cpp
+++ b/src/cam/sdl_sink.cpp
@@ -67,9 +67,11 @@ int SDLSink::configure(const libcamera::CameraConfiguration &config)
 		texture_ = std::make_unique<SDLTextureMJPG>(rect_);
 		break;
 #endif
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 16)
 	case libcamera::formats::NV12:
 		texture_ = std::make_unique<SDLTextureNV12>(rect_, cfg.stride);
 		break;
+#endif
 	case libcamera::formats::YUYV:
 		texture_ = std::make_unique<SDLTextureYUYV>(rect_, cfg.stride);
 		break;
diff --git a/src/cam/sdl_texture_yuv.cpp b/src/cam/sdl_texture_yuv.cpp
index 431e836d2d2c..aa424559abd7 100644
--- a/src/cam/sdl_texture_yuv.cpp
+++ b/src/cam/sdl_texture_yuv.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 using namespace libcamera;
 
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 16)
 SDLTextureNV12::SDLTextureNV12(const SDL_Rect &rect, unsigned int stride)
 	: SDLTexture(rect, SDL_PIXELFORMAT_NV12, stride)
 {
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ void SDLTextureNV12::update(const std::vector<libcamera::Span<const uint8_t>> &d
 	SDL_UpdateNVTexture(ptr_, &rect_, data[0].data(), pitch_,
 			    data[1].data(), pitch_);
 }
+#endif
 
 SDLTextureYUYV::SDLTextureYUYV(const SDL_Rect &rect, unsigned int stride)
 	: SDLTexture(rect, SDL_PIXELFORMAT_YUY2, stride)
diff --git a/src/cam/sdl_texture_yuv.h b/src/cam/sdl_texture_yuv.h
index 633ab510259b..310e4e5046f4 100644
--- a/src/cam/sdl_texture_yuv.h
+++ b/src/cam/sdl_texture_yuv.h
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@
 
 #include "sdl_texture.h"
 
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 16)
 class SDLTextureNV12 : public SDLTexture
 {
 public:
 	SDLTextureNV12(const SDL_Rect &rect, unsigned int stride);
 	void update(const std::vector<libcamera::Span<const uint8_t>> &data) override;
 };
+#endif
 
 class SDLTextureYUYV : public SDLTexture
 {